British Friendly Societies, 1750-1914
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: October 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780333990315
Subjects: Economic history; Social History; Welfare & benefit systems; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; History - General History; History: World; British Isles; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; History / Great Britain; History-Social History; Political Science-Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Fraternal organizations; Friendly societies; Great Britain; History; Public welfare; Working class
First sentence: When Samuel Leighton died on 30 July 1832 he left behind a grieving widow and his membership in the South Cave Benefit Club, a local friendly society.